Ash squares off with Arthur in a final showdown, but can Arthur be trusted to stick to the rules that he's set up? This showdown has Ash and Arthur surf a sea of blood through the bowels of the New York subway system. Epic in scope, and one of the best-selling shojo titles of all time in Japan, Akimi Yoshida put an electric shock into the genre and gained a huge crossover audience through BANANA FISH's stripped-down, non-stop style.